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H. T. FOOTE. ATTACHMENT FOR GAS 511 333.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT T. FOOTE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR GAS-BURNERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,818, dated April26, 1887. Application filed January '7, 1887. serial No. 223,640. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT T. FOOTE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Heating Attachment forGas-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

The attachment is adapted for heating irons used in curling, crimping,or fluting. It may also heat irons for molding, stamping, and variousother purposes. It is arranged to mingle the air and the gas, after thefashion known as the Bunsen burner, so as thereby to pro duce a flamewith great heat and without smoke, and it is equipped with arms adaptedto hold an iron in position to be heated with the handle depressed andkept cool. It is equipped to receive a peculiarly-fitted piece, which,engaging strongly therewith, may hold a vessel over the flame forheating water or other fluid.

The interior is specially adapted to match on ordinary gas-burners andbe firmly supported thereby without danger of injuring the burner or thetip, even in case a detachable lava tip is employed.

The main body may be made of malleable cast-iron, with the several armsformed in one therewith; but I prefer that the arms at the top be madeseparately of elastic metal and attached.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, andrepresent what I consider the best means of carrying out the invent-ion.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the burner with a curling-iron inposition to be heated. Fig. 2 is a corresponding view from the right inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top view with the irons removed. Fig. 4. is ahorizontal section on the line as a: in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of a frame for supporting articles to be heated. Figs. 6, 7, and 8are vertical sections with certain portions removed, showing the application to different styles of gas-burners. Fig. 9 shows the application toan alcohol or other lamp.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures where they occur.

A is a ring, and A are radial arms extending outward and also upwardtherefrom. These armsjoin A. to the interior of a hollow conical casing,13, which is provided near the base with an arm, B, and near the topwith two arms, B B These latter lie on the same side of the cone as thearm B and stand nearly parallel to each other. Vh'ena curling-iron, D,is applied iu the position indicated in Fig. 1, it is engaged betweenthe arms B B and rests astride of the arm B. The ring A is provided withthree internal projections, a, by the aid of which it rests securely onthe slight shoulder formed in the gas-burner M. The bearing afforded bythese internal projections and the inner faces of the arms A insuresthat the device will be firmly supported ona gas-burner of any of theordinary forms.

The form of the interior is adapted to match on all ordinary forms ofgas-burners. The old-fashioned iron burner, with slender body and alarge base, will serve almost equally well. Figs. 7 and 8 show thedevice fitted on the two principal modifications of burners.

I have in my experiments made the conical casing B about two inches inheight and one and a quarter inches in diameter at the botv tom and ahalf-inch in diameter at the top; but these may be varied. It isimportant that the size of the whole apparatus and of the spaces forreceiving air at the base of the device be adapted to mingle the airwith the gas issuing from the top of the burner in the correctproportions for perfect combustion without any large excess of air. Theflame issuing should fill the small orifice at the top of the cone witha strong blue flame sufficient to bathe the effective portion of anordinary iron, I), presented thereto in the position shown.

On the exterior of the cone are shallow projections B", in each of whichis a hole, If, adapted to receive and support one of the wires E,extending downward from the ring E. These wires E are bent, as shown, sothat after they are sunk into these holes to a certain depth they aresecurely supported. These supports E, thus formed and arranged, are ableto reach down past the arms 13 B and engage in these holes I), andthereby support the ring E. On this latter may rest a vessel for heatingany liquid required in sickness or health.

Vhen the iron D is hinged like ordinary curling-irons, the partsdiverging below the.

hinge sit astride of a single bar, B, and with I have shown the arms B Bas made from a separate piece of hard brass, or of hard iron or steel,with their ends rounded and slightly flared. These two arms are formedin a single piece and are sprung into position partially embraced bylugs 13* in the position shown. I prefer that these arms be constructedand at tached in this way as giving a high degree of elasticity; but Ibelieve the device will serve well with the arms B B as well as the armB cast in one with B.

I have in my experiments made the ring A and the arms A as a singlecasting of grey iron and cast the part B, with its attached Tov armsthereon, at a subsequent operation. effect this the ends of the arms Ashould be made clean by filing or otherwise, and the casting A A isembedded in the properly-tempered earth to form a core. This coreisputin the mold in the proper position to form a hollow interior of thecasing B. The. metal for the latter, being poured at a good heat,attaches itself to the ends of the previously cold arms A in a methodsometimes known as burning, and the device works as a single casting. Itmay be practicable to make the whole in a single casting by sufficientlyskillful coring.

Although I have described this device as an attachment for gas burners,and intended mainly for use as such, I believe it practicable to utilizethe principle and realize a large portion of the advantages by providingarms corresponding to B B" B on the exterior of a suitable alcohol lamp.In such case there need be no provision formingling air with the flamewithin a casing analogous to B, but the exterior of the lamp willcorrespond to B. There will be equal need of the holes I) to receive thewires E from the ring E.

It is important that the lamp, when thus equipped and used, be heldfirmly, so that the application and removal of an iron may be effectedby one hand, even if it requires considerable force. To do this Iprovide the lamp with an arm adapted to match under the edge of a tableor shelf on which it may be placed and a clamping-screw with a shoe totake firm hold of such support. Fig. 9 shows a lamp thus equipped.

G is a portion of the table.

H is a stout arm extending from the body of the lamp under the edge ofthe table and carrying a stout thumb-screw, I, acting against the tablethrough the medium of a shoe, J. By this means the lamp may be firmlyset. A portable gas-burner supplied by a hose may be similarly held. Asthe position on the edge of the table allows the handle of the iron toextend down to any distance required, the device may be worked in thesame manner as with the gas-burner.

I attach much importance to the fact that my device holds the iron inthe inclined position represented, so that a small flame can bathe alarge portion or the whole of the part to be heated, and that the handleor handles are extended downward out of the influence of the flame. Ialso attach importance to the fact that the device,when used with gas,mixes theair and gas so as to make a non-luminous and non-smoking buthighly -heating flame without involving complication or expense. Thewhole may be sold at a low price. The main portion B, with its permanentattachments, give promise of enduring ordinary usage for a long period.The removable device E E may be renewed at intervals, if desired.

I can use with some success arms B B, which are without elasticity.

I claim as my invention 1. The casing B, in combination with provisionsfor producing a flame at the top, and with the arms B B B adapted forholding an iron in an inclined position in the flame, substantiallyasand for the purposes herein specified.

2. The heating-case B and internal ring, A, and arms A, adapted to applyon ordinary gas-burners and to make the proper mingling of air and gasfor perfect combustion, in combination with each other and with the armsB B B, for holding an iron thereon, substantially as herein specified.

3. *The casing B, having the arms B B to aid in holding an iron, D, incombination with the detachable ring E, having arms E, adapted to engageit with B, so as to enable the device to serve exchangeably for heatingirons and for heating liquids at will, as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at New York city, NewYork, this 4th day of January, 1887, in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

I-IUBERT T. FOOTE.

Witnesses:

H. A. J OHNSTONE, M. F. BOYLE.

